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Cross-section of skin
Description
Polychrome representation of a cross-section of human skin, showing the dermis and epidermis and its various components: papilla, blood vessels, hair follicles, sebaceous glands, and axons. The representation also features labels that number and name the different elements.
A similar piece can be found (albeit in a worse state of conservation) in the collection of the University of Zaragoza (Ref. UZ000656), which can be viewed at: http://patrimoniocultural.unizar.es/node/833
Details
- Title: Cross-section of skin
- Category: Scientific instruments
- University: University of Cádiz
- Authors: Sucesores de Louis Thomas Jerome Auzoux
- Chronology: 1906
- Technique: Carton pierre.
- Dimensions: 37 x 28 x 6 cm
- Location: Faculty of Medicine. Museum of Anatomy.
- Ownership: University of Cádiz
Bibliography
Bibliography
PRIETO SANTANA, María Dolores. «Modelos clásicos de Auzoux en los antiguos gabinetes de Ciencias ¿arte o naturaleza?». Naturaleza aragonesa: revista de la Sociedad de Amigos del Museo Paleontológico de la Universidad de Zaragoza (Zaragoza), 24 (2010), pp. 94-97.
Anna Maerker, 'Inside Auzoux's models', Explore Whipple Collections, Whipple Museum of the History of Science, University of Cambridge, 2008. Online: www.hps.cam.ac.uk/whipple/explore/models/drauzouxsmodels/insideauzouxsmodels/.
Charles Ruiz, Guillaume. LES MODELES EN PAPIER MACHE DU DOCTEUR AUZOUX AU MUSEE DE L’ECOLE NATIONALE VETERINAIRE D’ALFORT, 2010. Online: http://theses.vet-alfort.fr/telecharger.php?id=1211.
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